Post by pigeonpie on Apr 6, 2009 14:55:58 GMT
The exports of cheese falls after five years and increase the surplus
LL.AC Ciutadella
Last year, dairies and farms produced more Minorcan cheese with denomination of origin in 2007, but it sold less. The result is that increasing the surplus, and the marketing of cheese Mahon-Menorca is located in the same levels as five years ago.
So, last year 22 percent of the cheese is produced on the Island was not sold, when in the past four years, this percentage did not exceed 16 percent. According to the chairman of the Board of the Designation of Origin (CRDO), Matías Montanes, the situation is explained by two factors: the decline of exports and the economic crisis resulting in a crisis of consumption.
Regarding exports, last year dropped 13.5 percent. It's the first drop in five years, and the main reason is the devaluation of the dollar, according to Mountain. "This has much more expensive the product, keeping in mind that our main foreign market is the United States," he says. So, last year three out of four cheeses exported Minorcan going to the North American country.
"We have noticed a decline in the domestic market in the second half of 2008, and the people have chosen to buy white markings instead of cheese such as ours," says Mountain.
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LL.AC Ciutadella
Last year, dairies and farms produced more Minorcan cheese with denomination of origin in 2007, but it sold less. The result is that increasing the surplus, and the marketing of cheese Mahon-Menorca is located in the same levels as five years ago.
So, last year 22 percent of the cheese is produced on the Island was not sold, when in the past four years, this percentage did not exceed 16 percent. According to the chairman of the Board of the Designation of Origin (CRDO), Matías Montanes, the situation is explained by two factors: the decline of exports and the economic crisis resulting in a crisis of consumption.
Regarding exports, last year dropped 13.5 percent. It's the first drop in five years, and the main reason is the devaluation of the dollar, according to Mountain. "This has much more expensive the product, keeping in mind that our main foreign market is the United States," he says. So, last year three out of four cheeses exported Minorcan going to the North American country.
"We have noticed a decline in the domestic market in the second half of 2008, and the people have chosen to buy white markings instead of cheese such as ours," says Mountain.
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